Research and Development Officer

Hawaii State RACES Coordinator and Emergency Coordinator

ARES

That's Ron Hashiro, AH6RH, who serves as both Hawaii State RACES coordinator and Emergency Coordinator for ARES.He tells Amateur Radio Newsline that everything was in readiness when Iselle made its closest approach:

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Hashiro says a lot of the success of the ham radio response is that all hams who work as emergency responders do so together for a common goal:

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Hashiro says that it was because of WH6FM, that the Big Island was prepared for the arrival of Tropical Storm Iselle and for the area's recovery.

Ron Hashiro, 35, is a data processing officer for First Hawaiian Bank in Honolulu.
During and after Hurricane Iniki's visit to the Hawaiian Islands, he volunteered first as a radio operator at the Hawaii State Civil Defense Emergency Operating Center in Honolulu, and then traveled to Kauai on business.
He is an ARRL Life Member.

State RACES coordinator Ron Hashiro, AH6RH, has more details on his website.
Also on his site is more information on passing ICS-213 traffic.

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Five amateur radio operators are now in Kalaupapa preparing to work other stations around the United States and abroad as part of the Hawaii QSO Party this weekend. (QSO is amateur radio speak for a two-way radio contact.) These operators are Joe Speroni (AH0A), Jim Yuen (WH6GS), Bev Yuen (AH6NF), Kimo Chun (KH7U), and Ron Hashiro (AH6RH).

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For more information on the Kalawao County DX-pedition, visit Ron Hashiro's page.

State RACES Coordinator and ARRL State Civil Defense (SCD) Emergency Coordinator Ron Hashiro, AH6RH, reports he received an alert from the SCD automatic notification system at 6:41 PM and alerted key ham radio volunteers.The general amateur population on Oahu was notified via the 146.88 MHz Diamond Head repeater."Amateurs statewide continued their preparations, tested equipment, activated nets and prepared for further action," Hashiro told ARRL.